6 Chicago Salons For Ultimate Summer Highlights

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Our new weekly series Get Right for Summer has one aim: to make sure you're completely beautified before the thermostat hits 90.

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• [Photo: Mops Beauty Shop]
• With tons of funky charm, Mops Beauty Shop [2500 North California Avenue] has color all over its walls—and on its services menu. Kristina Vaughn is the owner and master colorist, but several of the staffer
• In the Gold Coast, the ritzy Studio 110 Salon [110 East Delaware Place] claims to do the most extensions work in the city. Its stylists also know a thing or two about color. The salon works with Hair Dreams and
• Highly respected in the land of cuts and color, Maxine Salon [712 North Rush Street] educates its stylists on all the trending color techniques, including balayage and ombré. Colorist Leslie Shores even does what she
• In West Town, Edit Salon [1369 West Chicago Avenue] has services including full and partial highlights, root touch-ups, allover color, and ombré. Head colorist Amy Mosser is also an accomplished
• Mixed Co. Salon [223 West Erie Street] specializes in balayage. Head colorist Patrick Ryan—who's been recognized as one of the best in the country by InStyle and Vogue—is the founder of a hair-p
• Wicker Park's Fringe Salon [1437 North Milwaukee Avenue] has almost every stripe (get it?) of color services. There are full and partial highlights, dual-tone highlights, and—for just a little boost—face-framing highlights with fewer than 12 Foils. Stylis

The second installment of our Get Right for Summer series is all about highlights. Here's where to score everything from sun-kissed streaks (no sun necessary) to a Jared-Leto-inspired look that a local stylist has dubbed "Manbré."

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